NHL power rankings for start of December

By Rick Morris

TOP TIER

1 Montreal

2 Dallas

SECOND TIER

3 Washington

4 St. Louis

5 New York Rangers

THIRD TIER

6 Chicago

7 Los Angeles

8 San Jose

9 Pittsburgh

10 Arizona

11 Detroit

12 Nashville

13 New York Islanders

14 Ottawa

15 Boston

16 New Jersey

17 Minnesota

18 Tampa Bay

19 Florida

20 Vancouver

21 Philadelphia

22 Buffalo

23 Winnipeg

24 Columbus

25 Anaheim

26 Toronto

27 Carolina

28 Colorado

29 Calgary

30 Edmonton

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TEAMS, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 CENTRAL 13.14

2 METROPOLITAN 14.63

3 ATLANTIC 15.75

4 PACIFIC 18.43

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 30.38

2 WEST 31.57